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Unit 2 Study Guide

Physical GeographyName the Countries and Physical Features

1. Russia 1. Scandinavian Peninsula2. Ukraine 2. Danube River3. Spain 3. Alps4. France 4. Pyrenees Mountains5. Poland 5. Iberian Peninsula6. Germany 6. English Channel7. UnitedKingdom 7. European Plain8. Italy 8. Ural Mountains9. Belgium 9. Mediterranean Sea

10. Rhine River

European Religions

Connection to

Abraham? Holy Book? Holy Places Belief in Jesus Place of Worship

Judaismfather Torah Jerusalem

Not the

Messiahsynagogue

Christianityfather Holy Bible

Jerusalem,

Vatican CityMessiah church, cathedral

Islamfather Koran

Jerusalem,

Mecca

Jesus was a

lesser prophet.

Muhammed is

the major

prophet.

mosque

Languages and LiteracyAlphabet Location Examples

RomanceRoman Western Europe Spanish, French, Italian

Germanic

Roman Central & Northwest Europe German, English, Icelandic

SlavicCyrillic Eastern Europe Russian, Ukranian

How are literacy rates and standard of living connected? __High Literacy Rate = High Standard of Living__

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Forms of GovernmentBe able to define and recognize characteristics of the following forms of government:

Autocracy

One person has power. Dictatorship

Confederation voluntary association of countries. Weak

central government. EX: alliances, EU

Oligarchy

Few people have power. Wealthy or influential

Federal Government central government shares power

with regional governments. Different branches of

government.

DemocracyAll people have power. Elections, Voting

Presidential Democracy citizens choose legislature andgovernment. Head of State and Head of Government are

same person.

Unitary Government

One branch of government.

Strong central government.

Parliamentary Democracy citizens chooses legislature

(Parliament). Legislature chooses Head of Government

(Prime Minister). Head of State and Head ofGovernment

are different people.

European GovernmentsPlace the following terms in the appropriate categories. Federal Government and Parliamentary Democracy are

listed twice.

United Kingdom Germany Russia European Union

Unitary Government

Parliamentary

Democracy

British Monarch

Prime Minister

Federal Government

Parliamentary

Democracy

Chancellor

Federal Assembly

Federal Government

Duma

Vladimir Putin

Presidential Democracy

27 Countries

Confederation

No Tariffs

Euro

Review the following terms and concepts:

Holocaust Cold War

Anti Semitism - hatred of Jewish people and

culture

Final Solution - extermination or murder of every

Jew in Europe

Star of David - Nazis forces Jews to wear these in

public.

Purpose of Concentration Camps - large-scale

murder of Jews

Iron Curtainimaginary line separating Communist

Eastern Europe from Western Europe

Berlin Wall - wall that separated Communist East

Berlin from Free West Berlin.

Cold War - period of 45 years in which the U.S. and

Soviet Union competed against each other and lived

under the threat of nuclear war.

Reunification Rejoin. Recombine. Germany in

1990.

Cold WarPlace the following terms in the appropriate categories.

United States

Democracy Ronald Reagan Western Europe

Soviet Union

Communism Joseph Stalin Eastern Europe